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BULLETIN 


University of Kentucky 


University Extension Series 


July 1, 1922 


PLAYS AND PAGEANTS 



Entered as second class matter, February 2, 1922, at the Post Office at 
Lexington, Kentucky, under the Act of August 24, 1912. Acceptance for 
mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in Section 1103, Act of 
October 3, 1917, authorized February 13, 1922. 


Volume 1 


No. 4 




Plays and Pageants 

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List of Plays and Pageants that may be bor¬ 
rowed from the Department of University Ex¬ 
tension, University of Kentucky. These plays 
are available for loan to schools, churches, 
women’s clubs, parent-teacher organizations, 
and others interested in work of this character. 


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“The ever-widening scope of community drama offers to workers 
ill this field opportunities that increase as the field itself increases. 
At present the work falls under three heads: Educational Dramatics, 
Pageantry, and Community Theaters. Throughout the United States 
drama is blossoming everywhere, as it did in England in the days 
that preceded the reign of Queen Elizabeth—the days that preceded 
Shakespeare. Then, as now, there was a great dramatic awakening 
among the people themselves.”—Playground Magazine. 

The average school, woman’s club, or parent-teacher organization 
that wants to present a play or enter into a program of community 
dramatics does not always have at hand sufficient data—does not 
always have the funds available to purchase a large list of plays for 
examination. To meet the needs of such organization, this Depart¬ 
ment has selected through the advice of professors of English at the 
University, a list of plays covering a wide scope. These have been 
purchased at considerable cost, and the library is available for the 
use of any citizen in the Commonwealth free of charge. 

Special credit is due to -Miss Frances Jewell, Dean of Women at 
the University of Kentucky, and to W. H. Mikesell, Professor of 
Public Speaking at the University of Kentucky, for the splendid list 
of plays selected. 

Communities desiring to organize dramatic clubs will be given 
special advice and assistance. Information will be furnished to any 
community regarding the work of the Drama League of America. In¬ 
formation will also be furnished regarding the work of the Little 
Theater in America. Those desiring it may procure a special printed 
report of the work of the Little Theater on the Campus of the Uni¬ 
versity of Kentucky. 

All this assistance is given free. In special instances members 
of the University staff will visit communities for addresses on com¬ 
munity dramatics and the work of the Little Theater. 


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Rules Governing the Service 


1. Plays are loaned for a period of two w r eeks, and all books 
borrowed must be returned within that time unless the borrower pro¬ 
cures from the Department an extension of time. Such extension is 
given on request if there are not other calls for the same books. 

2. The plays are 'intended for examination only. There is no 
objection to their being copied and used, but ordinarily, if used, copies 
should be purchased from the publishers, as it usually involves too 
long a period of time to retain the play w r hile it is being produced. 

3. A few' piayis are “royalty” plays. Such plays are plainly in¬ 
dicated and must not be used without the consent of the proprietor 
of that play. If a “royalty” play is selected, write to the publisher 
for information concerning a permit to produce the play. 

4. When returning plays to the University, they should be mailed 
to the Department direct and not to any individual. 

5. Plays should be returned by insured parcel post. The bor¬ 
rower w'ill [be required to pay for any play lost while in his or her 
possession, or lost in the mails w'hile in transit. 

6. The University pays all outgoing postage. The borrower is ex¬ 
pected to pay postage on all incoming packages. 

7. These plays are loaned, and borrowers should respect the 
rules. Service may be withheld from persons w T ho show gross neglect 
of the rules governing the service. 

8. Costumes and scenery for the majority of the plays listed 
may be easily arranged from materials at hand. The addresses of 
costume houses, as w'ell as the publishers ot the plays, for the most 
part w r ill be found in this bulletin. 

New plays are being constantly added to this list. 


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ALICE IN WONDERLAND, by Mrs. Burton Harrison. A play for 
children in 3 acts, with tableaux, songs and dances. 25 children may 
take part, or more. Costumes are those used in the story. A charm¬ 
ing play for young children. Little, Brown & Co. 

THE BOOR, by Hilmer Baukhage. A comedy in 1 act. Scenery: 
A simple interior—plastered white, with crossbeams, if possible—is 
all that is required as to setting. Time: The present. 2 women, 6 
men. French, 25 cents. 

THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL, by Richard Sheridan. A comedy 
in five acts. 12 boys, 4 girls. Costumes of the 18th century. Baker, 
15 cents. 

THE GIRLS OVER HERE, by Marie Doran. A patriotic play 
in one act. 8 girls. Scenery: A simple interior. French, 25 cents. 

A PRAIRIE ROSE, by Edith Painton. A comedy-drama of the 
Kansas Prairies in 4 acts. 7 young men, 4 girls. Time: The present 
day. Time of playing: 2 hours and 30 minutes. 2 exterior scenes and 
2 interior scenes. All simple. A very entertaining play, sure to please 
the audience. Denison & Co., 35 cents. 

THE MEADOWGOLD, by Ada Boyd Glassie. A fantastic play for 
children. Exterior scene. Costumes, very attractive. Fifteen or more 
children. Little, Brown & Co. 

SCRAP OF PAPER, by J. P. Simpson. A comic drama in 3 acts. 
6 young men, 6 girls. Time: 2 hours. Doubleday, Page & Co. 

THE LAND WHERE LOST THINGS GO, by Doris Haliman. A 
play in a prologue and 3 acts. Scenery simple. 15 characters, more 
may be introduced. Harper. 

A MAKER OF MEN, by Alfred Sutro. A duologue in one act N . 
Scenery: A simple sitting room in a small home. French, 25 cents. 

A GAME OF CHESS, by Alfred Sutro. A duologue. Scenery: A 
secluded corner in the drawing room of a steamer. French, 25 cents. 

AN EARLY BIRD, by Walter Ben Hare. A comedy in 3 acts. 7 
women and 7 men. Two simple interior scenes. Time, 2 y 2 hours. 
Modern costumes. A modern American comedy, built along business 
lines; very bright, new and up-to-date. 

THE MOON OF THE CARIBBEES and six other plays of the Sea, 
by Eugene O’Neill. This volume also includes BOUND EAST FOR 
CARDIFF, THE LONG VOYAGE HOME, IN THE ZONE, ILE, WHERE 
THE CROSS IS MADE, THE ROPE, all of which are one act plays, 
requiring ten characters or more. Too difficult for amateurs. Boni 
and Liveright, $1.35. 

FANNY’S FIRST PLAY, by Bernard Shaw. Time, 45 minutes. Two 
acts. Brentano’s. 


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DIRECT ACTION, by John Yeiby. One act. Time, Christmas Eve. 
One interior scene. 14 characters, and more may be used. John 
Yeiby, South Bend, Indiana. 

THE AMAZONS, by Arthur Pinero. A farce in three acts. 7 boys, 
4 girls. An English romance. The freshness, delicate humor and un- 
conventionality of the piece will captivate the audience. Costumes, 
modern; scenery, not difficult. 

MASQUES OF EAST AND WEST, by Stevens and Goodman. Con¬ 
tents: THE DAI MI O’S HEAD, THE MASQUE OIF MONTEZUMA, 
CAES AIR’S GODS, RAIINALD AND THE RED WOLF, A PAGEANT 
FOR INDEPENDENCE DAY, THE MASQUE OF QUETZAL’S BOWL. 
15 to 30 characters used in these masques. Baker. 

THE LAND OF HEART’S DESIRE, by W. B. Yeats. 3 mein, 2 
women, and 1 child. One act, one interior scene. Baker, 15 cents. 

LA PRINCESS LONTAINE, by Edmond Rostand. A play in four 
acts in verse. 20 characters. Stokes. 

WHEN MOTHER LETS US ACT, by Stella Perry. A book o.f 
plays for small children, with not a thing to “learn by heart” in it. 
A book of suggestions and helps for acting under the green trees or 
indoors on rainy days. Moffat, Yard and Company. 

THE INSURGENT THEATRE, by Thomas Dickinson. This book 
treats of recent events in the non-commercial theatre as these refer 
to organization and management. Huebach. 

MAKING UP, by James Young. A practical and exhaustive treatise 
on this art for professional and amateur. M. Witmark & Sons, New 
l r ork City. 

GREEK COSTUME PLAYS, by Crumpton and Gaddess. For school 
or lawn performance. Contents: Antigone, Coros, The Convention of 
the Muses, Pandora, Therseus, The Ivy Queen, The Revels of the 
Queen of May and Her Fairies. Baker, 25 cents. 

Plays which are comedies, tragedies, and cantatas, requiring from 
4 to 2'0 persons. 

THE HOUSE OF HEARTS, by Constance Mackay. 10 one act 
plays, designed for use in the schools, suitable for any season. Holt. 

PLAYS FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND SETTLEMENT, by Virginia 
Olcott. This is a helpful book for teachers, kindergarten and settle¬ 
ment workers, and others active in children’s organizations. The 
dramatic plays contained in this volume are in simple language and 
simple style, easily memorized, and require few rehearsals and in¬ 
expensive stage settings and costumes. Moffat, Yard & Co. 

LITTLE DRAMAS, by Skinner and Lawrence. For primary grades. 
American Book Co. 


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DANCE'S, DRILLS AND STORY PLAYS, by Nina Lamkin. 14 
folk dances of various countries, 26 simple dances of the seasons, 
flowers, fairies and birds. 24 drills and stories to be used with, 
primary ages in every-day recreation, in dramatization and in enter¬ 
tainments; something to fit any occasion. Denison. 

THIRST, by Eugene G. O’Neill. A tragedy of the sea. 1 act, three 
characters. Richard D. Badger, publisher, Boston. 

PRACTICAL STAGE DIRECTING FOR AMATEURS, by Emerson 
Taylor. A complete compendium of stage requirements, definitions, do’s 
and dont’s for beginners. E. P. Dutton & Co., 631 Fifth Ave., New 
York City. 

ROBIN GOODFELLOW, by Netta Syrett. This contains six little 
plays, three of which are arranged as frames for ballets. All are very 
simple and suitable to be given out of doors. 

FAIRY PLAYS FOR CHILDREN, by Mabel Goodlander. This book 
contains familiar fairy tales in dramatic form, and are intended for 
children from 6 to 10 years of age. Rand, McNally and Company. 

THE PIPER, by Josephine Peabody, based on the poem of Brown¬ 
ing. 4 acts, 3 scenes. Necessarily 24 characters but more may be used. 
Very clever and amusing. Houghton Mifflin Co. 

THE “LITTLE MEN” PLAY, by Elizabeth Gould. Adapted from 
Louisa Alcott’s famous story. 2 acts, time 45 minutes. 6 boys, 4 
girls. Scenery and costumes very simple. Little, Brown & Co. 

WISCONSIN PLAYS, SECOND SERIES. Containing 4 one-act 
dramas, namely: The Feast of the Holy Innocents, On the Pier, The 
Shadow, We Live Again. The scenes and costumes in these plays are 
all simple. Tli^ number ot characters range from 4 to 12. B. W. 
Huebscli, 225 Fifth Ave., New York City, $1.50. 

AS A WOMAN THINKETH, by Edith Painton. A comedy in 
three acts. Modern costumes. Time, 2 y 2 hours. 2 interior scenes. 8 
men and 8 women. Denison & Co., 35 cents. 

PATRIOTIC DRAMA IN YOUR TOWN, by Constance Mackay. 
A manual of suggestions and instructions. Holt & Co. 

THE I PH I GENT A IN TAURIS, by Gilbert Murray. A tragedy. 2 
women, 5 men, with a chorus. Baker, 25 cents. 

WASHINGTON SQUARE PLAYS, 4 one-act plays, namely: The 
Clod, Overtones, Eugenically Speaking, Helena’s Husband. Doubleclay, 
Page & Co. 

SHORT PLAYS, by Mary Macmillan. 10 one-act plays, costumes 
and scenery in all very simple. Stewart and Kidd Company. 

THE FOREST PRINCESS AND OTHER MASQUES, by Constance 
Mackay. Both short and long; some of them suited for indoor and 


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some for outdoor 'productions; designed for community use, the col¬ 
lege, the high school or church dramatics. Holt & Co. 

THE SILVER THREAD AND OTHER FOLK PLAYS FOR YOUNG 
PEOPLE, by Constance Mackay. Arranged for use in Grammar Grades. 

8 simple plays designed to fit the limitations of the schoolroom stage. 
Holt & Co. 

THREE WELSH PLAYS, by Jeanette Marks. The Merry Cuckoo, 
The Deacon’s Hat and Welsh Honeymoon, All are 1 act. 5 to S char¬ 
acters used. Little, Brown & Co., $1.35. 

FIVE LITTLE PLAYS, by Alfred Sutro. Time, 20 to 45 minutes. 
Characters, 2 to 8. Duckworth & Co., Henrietta St., Covent Garden, 
London. 

POSSESSION and FIVE OTHER PLAYS, by George Middleton. 
One-act plays of contemporary life. 2 to 8 characters. Holt & Co, 
$1.35. 

THEY THE CRUCIFIED, by Florence Taberholt. A war play with 

9 characters. The action takes place somewhere in France, on a hot 
late afternoon and evening in June, 1915. Holt and Company. 

A PROPOSAL UNDER DIFFICULTIES, by John Hendrick Bangs. 
A farce in 1 act. 2 men, 2 women. Costumes, modern; scenery, one 
interior. Time, 40 minutes. Harper, 25 cents. 

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A RUSSIAN HONEYMOON, by Helen Kane. Drama in 3 acts. 16 
women. Costumes modern; scenery, 2 interiors. Time, 2 hours. Baker, 
25 cents. 

THE ARROWMAKER’S DAUGHTER, by Grace E. Smith and 
Knevels. 12 girls. Adapted from Longfellow’s Song of Hiawatha. 
Time, 1 hour. Costumes, Indian. A number of pretty dances are in¬ 
troduced, giving opportunity for use of many more characters. Splendid 
for high school or Camp-Fire Girls’ play. French, 25 cents. 

FANNY AND THE SERVANT PROBLEM, by Jerome K. Jerome. 
Comedy in 4 acts. 5 boys, 17 girls. Costumes, modern. One interior 
for 4 acts. Time, 2 y 2 hours: Fanny marries into a royal family and 
discovers that her husband’s butler ‘is her uncle, who threatens her 
with exposure unless she does as he wants her to do. Complications 
follow, which are straightened out when she confesses all to her 
husband. French, 50 cents. 

GREEN STOCKINGS, by A. E. W. Mason. Comedy in 3 acts- 7 
boys, 5 girls. Costumes, modern. Scenery, 2 interiors. Time, 2% 
hours. This is a merry play both in plot and dialogue. The plot deals 
with an old English custom whereby an elder sister is compelled to 
wear green stockings at the wedding of a younger sister, provided she 
happens to be unmarried or unbetrothed. French, 50 cents. 


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JOINT OWNERS IN SPAIN, by Alice Brown. Comedy in 1 act. 4 
girls. Scenery, comfortable living room. Time, 30 minutes. Story of 
life in an Old Ladies’ Home. Baker, 35 cents. 

THE MELTING POT, by Israel Zangwill. 4 acts. 5 men, 5 women. 
Costumes, in character. Scenery, not difficult. Time, full evening. A 
play depicting the persecution of the Jews in Russia under the Czar. 
Rather difficult for amateurs. 

I GRANT THEE THREE WISHES, by Gladys Bridgham. Fantasy 
in one act. Any number of girls from four to fourteen. Costumes, 
modern; scenes, simple. Time, 40 minutes. A young girl out of col¬ 
lege longs for the traditional three wishes to give her a start, but her 
grandmother tells her that she in her time had this choice of three 
careers, and the play shows in a series of scenes how they befell. 
Baker, 27 cents. 

WHY THE CHIMES RING, by Elizabeth MoFadden. 1 act. 
Adapted from the story of the same name by Raymond Alden. The 
theme of the play deals with the divine beauty of charity, and while 
appropriate for any occasion, is especially fitted for Christmas time. 
French, 50 cents. 

PATRIOTIC PLAYS AND PAGEANTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, by 
Constance Mackay. Contains 11 one-act plays which may be produced 
separately or may be used as links in the chain of episodes which go 
to make up an outdoor or indoor pageant. Volume contains Pageant 
of Patriots, Hawthorne Pageant, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, 
The Boston Tea Party, Daniel Boone, George Washington’s Fortune, 
In Witchcraft Days, Merrymount, and Princess Pocahontas. Holt. 

SHORT PLAYS ABOUT FAMOUS AUTHORS, by Maud Frank. 
In the plays contained in this volume there has been some shifting of 
dates to help out in the plots, but these changes are justified since the 
story in main is true to facts. The settings in ail cases are simple and 
the costumes required for all, except the Christmas play, are those of 
the ISth and 19th centuries. Volume contains. A Mistake at the Manor, 
When Heine w'as Twenty-one, Miss Burney at Clourt, A Christmas Eve 
w r ith Charles Dickens, and, the Fairies’ Plea. Henry Holt, $1.25. 

ST. NICHOLAS BOOK OF PLAYS AND OPERETTAS. A valuable 
book for school entertainments, containing short plays, operettas for 
special occasions and general directions for acting ballads, shadow 
plays and other easy entertainment features. Century, $1.25. 

YOU NEVER CAN TELL, by Bernard Shaw. 3 acts, 5 men, 4 
women. Costumes, modern; scenery, interiors. Time, full evening. 
Brentano, 75 cents. 

THE DRAMATIZATION OF BIBLE STORIES, by Elizabeth Miller. 
The 15 chapters of this little book give practical suggestions for set- 


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tings, cositunies, and properties of Bible dramatization. Univerity of 
Chicago Press, $1.00. 

THE LITTLE WOMEN PLAYS, by Louisa M. Alcott. 2 acts. 

1 boy, 2 girls, 7 children. Costumes of Civil War Period*; scenery, in¬ 
terior. Little, Brown & Co. 

INDIAN SUMMER, by Meihac and Halevy, English version. 
Comedy in one act. 2 boys, 2 girls. Costumes, modern. Scenery, in¬ 
terior. Tiime, 30 minutes. This is one of the brightest and most popular 
plays of the last century. French, 25 cents. 

A LIKELY STORY, by W. D. Howells. 3 men, 3 women. 1 scene, 
interior. Harper. 

WASHINGTON, THE MAN WHO MADE US, by Percy Mackaye. 

3 acts and prologue. 10 men, 2 children. Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher, 
New York City. 

THE SCARECROW, by Percy Mackayc. 11 men, 5 women. 4 
acts. Time, about 1690. A fantastic romance. Macmillan Comipany. 
THE HOUR GLASS AND OTHER PLAYS, by W. B. Yeats. 1 act. 

2 boys, 2 girls, several children. Costumes, in character; scenery, 1 
interior. A morality play. Volume contains, Catlileen Ni Ploolihan 
and A Pot of Broth. Macmillan, 50 cents. 

A NIGHT AT AN INN, by Lord Dunsany. A play in one act. 8 
men. Scenery, 1 interior. Scribners. 

CHILDREN OF EARTH, by Alice Brown. 4 acts. 1 interior and 
2 exterior scenes. 4 women, 5 men. A play of New England. Mac¬ 
millan, $1.25. 

THE REAL THING, by John K. Bangs. A farce with 2 men and 
5 women. Scene, an office. Modern costumes. Harpers, $1.50. 

QUALITY STREET, by J. M. Barrie. A comedy in 4 acts. 2 in¬ 
terior scenes. 5 girls, 2 boys. Scribners, $1.25. 

WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS, J. M. Barrie. A comedy in 4 
acts. Scribners, $1.25. 

ALICE-SIT-BY-TPIE-FIRE, by J. M. BARRIE. A comedy in 3 acts. 

4 girls and 3 boys. Scribners, $1.25. 

A SCHOOL BOY’S DREAM, by Annie Harris. 2 acts. 20 boys, 12 
girls. 1 scene, a library interior. French, 25 cents. 

A DREAM ON CHRISTMAS EVE, bv Ina Home. 1 act. 10 char¬ 
acters which may be portrayed by either boys or girls. Scene, bed¬ 
room. A charming iplay for children. French, 25 cents. 

PLAYGOERS, by Arthur Pinero. 2 boys, 6 girls. 1 act. Scene: 
The Morning-room of a London house. Very simple and effective. 
French, 25 cents. # 

THE LOVING CUP. 1 act, 4 men, 9 women. 1 scene, a picnic 
ground. Baker, 25 cents. 


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FESTIVALS AND PLAYS, by Percival Chubb. Practical explana¬ 
tions and illustrations are given in the fullest measure of minor arts 
and crafts, of song and dance, rite and ceremony, drama and pageantry 
as studied and practiced in schools. Harpers, $2.00. 

ARBRAHAM LINCOLN, by John Drinkwater. 4 interior scenes. 
A popular play but too difficult for young persons. Houghton, Mifflin 
Co. 

THE ROSE AND THE RING. A clever and amusing skit in 4 
acts. 10 boys and 5 girls. 3 exterior and 1 interior scene. Baker, 
25 cents. 

A CHILD’S BOOK OF HOLIDAYS PLAYS, by Frances Wickes. 
These little plays are intended primarily for classroom use. They may 
be used as dramatic reading with the simplest stage setting, making 
use of such scanty material as the classroom offers or they may be 
given with .more scenery and costumes. The volume contains, The 
Captured Year, The Light, St. Valentine’s House, The First May 
Baskets, A Little Patriot, The Goblin Stone, The Thankful Heart, The 
Christmas Jest. The Macmillan Company. 

HOW TO PRODUCE CHILDREN’S PLAYS, by Constance Mackay. 
There is included a history of the children’s play movement, a chapter 
on its sociological aspects, and suggestions for new fields, as well as 
chapters on play-producing, scenery, costumes and properties. It dis¬ 
cusses the special needs of public schools, social settlements and 
camps and has a list of plays for such places. Holt & Co. 

SEVEN SHORT PLAYS, by Lady Gregory. The plays are: Spread¬ 
ing the News, Hyacinth Halvey, The Rising of the Moon, the Jackdaw, 
The Workhouse Ward, The Traveling Man, The Goal Gate. The volume 
also contains music for the songs in the plays and notes explaining 
the conception of the plays. G. P. Putnam & Sons. , 

THE UNSEEN HOST, by Percival Wilde. A dictinctive one-act 
play that views the war from many angles. Little, Brown & Co., $1.25. 

TPIE INTRUDER, by Maurice Maeterlinck. 1 act. The scene in 
modern times. 5 girls, 3 boys. Dodd, Mead & Co., $2.00. 

THE SPIRIT OF YOUTH AND THE CITY STREETS, by Jane 
Addams. Macmillan. 

CHILDREN’S CLASSICS, by Augusta Stevenson. For children 
of the primary age, to be acted in the schoolroom, the home or out¬ 
doors. Houghton, Mifflin Co. 

COSTUMES AND SCENERY FOR AMATUERS, by Constance 
Mackay. A book containing designs for costumes for all kinds of 
plays, also chapters on amateurs and the new stage art, costumes and 
scenery. Holt & Co. 


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FAIRY OPERETTAS, by Laura Richards. Several familiar nursery 
legends written in operetta form. All are very brief and very simple, 
well within the scope of -young performers who delight to dress up 
and make believe. Little, Brown & Co., $1.25. 

SISTER BEATRICE, by Maurice Maeterlinck, a miracle play in 
which the image of the Holy Virgin becomes endowed with life and 
takes up and performs in a marvellous manner the duties of Sister 
Beatrice, who has deserted her post for the love of Prince Bellidor. 

3 acts. 7 girls, 3 men. Dodd, Mead & Co., $2.00. 

ARMS AND THE MAN, Bernard Shaw. 3 acts. 10 characters. 
Time, 30 minutes. Brentano’s. 

THE MAN OF DESTINY, Bernard Shaw. 1 act. 6 characters. 
Very clever. Brentano’s 

THE STEADFAST PRINCESS, Cornelia Meigs. A play for yo-ung 
children. 7 boys, 4 girls and others. 2 acts. Macmillan. 

POMANDER WALK, Louis Parker. A comedy in 3 acts. Simple 
costumes and scenery. IS characters. 50 cents, French. 

THE PIERROTT OF THE MINUTE, Ernest Dowson. A dramatic 
fantasy in 1 act. 1 boy, 1 girl. 1 outdoor scene. March Bros. 

ENGAGED BY WEDNESDAY, by Grace Owen. A farce in 3 acts. 
The time is the present and the community that of any college town 
in the middle west. 5 boys, 11 girls. A large number of girls and young 
men may also be used. Scenes and costumes very simple. Very clever 
and amusing. Baker, 25 cents. 

’OP-O’-ME-THUMB, a one act play by Frederick Fenn and Richard 
Pryce. 2 boys, 3 girls. French, 25 cents. 

PLAYS FOR COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS. This includes three 
Christmas plays and a Twelfth -Night Festival, namely, The Elves and 
the Shoemaker, for children; Where God is Love is, for young people; 
Hoiy Night, for adults; and Twelfth Night Festivities, for the com¬ 
munity. University of Wisconsin, price 10 cents. 

THE TRIUMPH OF HUMANITY, a pageant of victory, reconstruc¬ 
tion, and democracy, by Ethel Alien Murphy, teacher of English in 
the Girls’ High School, Louisville, Kentucky. This is a poetic pageant 
embodying symbolically the story of Tyranny’s downfall and Human* 
ity’s triumph and of America’s far-reaching activities, with a vision 
of reconstruction and the World League for Peace. It is suited to the 
ability and interest of boys and girls of the sixth, seventh, and eighth 
grades, or of the high school. Very young children, too, may partici* 
pate in the folk dances and in certain character parts. Ethel Allen 
Murphy, Louisville Girls’ High School, Louisville, 25 cents. 


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' THE WATCHER FOR THE DAWN, a masque of heritage, dedi¬ 
cated to the Pilgrim Tercentenary, by Ethel Allen Murphy, teacher 
of English in the Girls’ High (School, Louisville. Royalty, $2.00. This 
masque presents the poetic and imaginative elements of pageantry, 
combined with dramatic and human interest. While it is dedicated to 
the Pilgrim’s Tercentenary, its appeal is not limited to that celebra¬ 
tion. Since it gives symbolic pictures of four great stages of Amer¬ 
ica’s development, embodies the spiritual inheritance of ail children 
of America, and ends with a vision of Future Humanity, it should 
be suitable for presentation for some years to come. 14 characters. 
Ethel Allen Murphy, Girls’ High School, Louisville. 

THREE ROGUES AND A RASCAL, a farce in one act by Wilna 
Wigginton. The characters consist of a magistrate, a lawyer, a man¬ 
ufacturer, an old negro, including a rascal. The place is a barren 
police night court. Samuel French. 

PRUNELLA or LOVE UN A DUTCH GARDEN, by Laurence 
Housman and Granville Barker. This is a delightful three-act play, 
telling the story of how a young girl, Prunella, ignorant of the world 
and living in seclusion with her three aunts, Prim, Prude, and Privacy, 
glimpses over garden wall the Pierrot of a band of traveling mummers, 
is serenaded by him and runs away with him to become his Pierrette. 
Twenty-two characters. Little, Brown and Company. 

MAID OF FRANCE, by Harold Brighouse. A play in one act. Five 
characters. The scene is a square in a French town before the statue 
of Jeanne d’Arc on Christmas Eve, 1916. LeRoy Phillips. 

COUSIN KATE, by Hubert Henry Davies. A comedy in three acts. 
Four girls and three (boys. The action takes place in a rural district 
in England, at the present day, and covers a period of about five hours. 
Walter H. Baker and Company. 

MICE AND MEN, by Madeleine Lucette Ryley. A romantic comedy 
in four acts. (Seven men, five women. Samuel French. 

PYGMALION AND GALATEA, by W. S. Gilbert. Mythological 
comedy in three acts. Five men, four women. Time occupied in rep¬ 
resentation, one hour and three-quarters. Samuel French. 

THE MAKER OF DREAMS, by Olipliant Down. A fantasy in one 
act. Three characters, Pierrot, Pierrette, and the Manufacturer. 
Gowans and Gray, 5 Robert Street, Adelphi, London, W. C. 

ECHOES OF THE WAR, by J. M. Barrie. Contains: The Old Lady 
Shows Her Medals, The New Word, Barbara’s Wedding, and A Well 
Remembered Voice. Charles Scribner’s Sons. 

THE LITTLE PRINCESS, by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett. 
Twenty-one characters. Three acts. Samuel French. 


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THE RIVALS, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A comedy in five 
acts. Fourteen characters. Walter H. Baker and Company. 

JOLLY PLAYS FOR HOLIDAYS, by Carolyn Wells. Six one-act 
plays, including THE GREATEST GIFT, CHRISTMAS, THE GREAT¬ 
EST DAY IN THE YEAR, IS SANTA CLAUS A FRAUD, A SUBSTI¬ 
TUTE FOR SANTA CLAUS, and THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 
Walter H. Baker and Company. 

HOLIDAY PLAYS FOR HOME, SCHOOL AND SETTLEMENT, 
by Virginia Olcott. This book contains eight little plays arranged for 
New Year’s Day, St. Valentine’s Day, April Fool’s Day, Easter Day, 
Arbor Day, Hallowe’en Day, Thanksgiving Day and a /play for Christ¬ 
mas Day. Inexpensive costumes. Scenery modern. Moffet, Yard and 
Company, N. Y. 

A OHRISTMS CAROL, by George M. Baker. Nine characters, six 
boys and three girls or boys. Costumes inexpensive. Scenery modern. 
Walter H. Baker and Company. 

THE WHITE CHRISTMAS AND OTHER MERRY CHRISTMAS 
PLAYS, by Walter Ben Hare. This book contains six short plays as 
follows: THE WHITE CHRISTMAS (8 male, 7 female adults). 
ANITA’S SECRET OR CHRISTMAS IN THE STEERAGE (1 male 
adult, 9 boys, 7 girls). CHRISTMAS WITH THE MULLIGANS (2 fe¬ 
male adults, 5 boys, 5 girls). THE WISHING MAN (4 male adults, 
13 boys, 7 girls). A CHRISTMAS CAROL OR THE MISER’S YULE- 
TIDE DREAM (10 male, 5 female adults, 4 boys, 4 girls). HER 
CHRISTMAS HAT (4 male, 5 female adults). Music that is difficult 
to obtain is included in the book. By Denison and Company, price $1.00. 

COMMUNITY DRAMA AND PAGEANTRY, by Mary Porter Beegle 
and Jack Randall Crawford. This book itself is the outgrowth of 
actual experience in pageantry and community drama. Yale Univer¬ 
sity Press. 

REPRESENTATIVE ONE ACT PLAYS, by American Authors. 
This book contains 25 one-act plays of the Little Theatre movement 
in America. Most of these plays are plays of exposition rather than 
of development. 

CHRISTMAS CANDLES, by Elsie Hobart Carter. These little plays 
were written for the classes and clubs of the small Sunday School. 
Published by Henry Holt and Company. 

PATRIOTIC PAGEANTS OF TODAY, by Josephine Thorp and 
Rosamond Kimbal. 4 one-act plays. Fifteen -to twenty characters in 
each play. Henry Holt and Company. 

A HARLEM TRAGEDY, by Claribel Kay. This is a play in one 
act from the story of O'Henry. 


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J Oil NT OWNERS IN SPAIN, by Alice Biown. A comedy in one 
act. Four characters. Walter H. Baker and Company. 

THE LAUGHING CURE, by Edith E. A. U. Painton. A comedy 
in two acts. Nine characters. Dennison. 

BARBARA, by Jerome K. Jerome. A comedy in one act. Four 
characters. Costumes simple. Samuel French. 

NEIGHBORS, by Zona Gale. Published oy B. W. Huebsch. 

TWO PXUNDRED PLAYS FOR AMATEURS. This is a list of 
plays compiled by Clarence Stratton, St. Louis. 

PLAYS, by Leonid Andreyeff, containing “The Black Maskers,” 
“The Life of Man,” and “The Sabine Women.” Translated from the 
Russian. Chas. Scribner’s Sons. 

HOLIDAY DIALOGUES, from Dickens, containing “A Merry 
Christmas,” “The Cricket on the Hearth,” and “The Battle of Life.” 
Walter H. Baker & Company. 

THEODORE, JR., by Sally Shute. A play in one act. Eight char¬ 
acters. Walter H. Baker & Company. 

THE MOUSE TRAP, by W. D. Howells. Harpers. 

“Q,” by Stephen Leacock and Basil MacDonald Hasting-s. A farce 
in one act. Samuel French. 

CHOOSING A PLAY, by Gertrude E. Johnson. Suggestions and 
bibliography for the Director of Amateur Dramatics. H. W. Wilson 
Company, 9 ! 5S University Avenue, New York City. 

LITTLE PLAYS FROM AMERICAN HISTORY FOR YOUNG 
FOLKS, by Alice Johnstone Walker. Amateurs may produce the plays 
in this volume without charge. These plays are “Hiding the 
Regicides,” a stirring episode in seven brief scenes of a man hunt in 
the New Halen Colony in Puritan days; “Mrs. Murray’s Dinner Party,” 
in three short acts without change of scene; “Four Scenes from the 
Time of Lincoln.” 

TALES AND PLAYS OF ROBIN HOOD, by Eleanor L. Skinner. 
American Book Company. 

LITTLE PLAYS, Iby Lena Delkeith, containing “Sir Gareth of 
Orkney,” “The Princess and the Swineherd,” “King Alfred and the 
Cakes,” “Scene from Robin Hood,” and “Scene from Uncle Tom’s 
Cabin.” E. P. Dutton & Company. 

HOW TO PRODUCE AMATEUR PLAYS, by Barrett H. Clark, 
published by Little, Brown & Company. 

DRAMATIZATION, by Sara E. Simons and Clem Irvin Orr. Selec¬ 
tions from English classics adapted in dramatic form. Scott, Foresman 
and Company. 


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Dear Departed,’’ “Fancy Free,” “The Master of the House,” “Phipps” 
and “The Fifth Commandment.” Samuel French. 

THE GOLD BUG, by Walter Ben Hare. A clean comedy of ad¬ 
venture in four acts, for seven men and seven women. Dennison and 
Company. 

HARPER’S BOOK OF LITTLE PLAYS, containing “The Frog 
Fairy,” “The Revolt of the Holidays,” “The Ninepin Club,” “Familiar 
Quotations,” “The Tables Turned,” and “A Thanksgiving Dream.” 
These plays are intended for children of ten to twelve years of age. 
They are adapated for social entertainment, home pastime, or school 
exercise. Harpers. 

THE LITTLE THEATRE IN THE UNITED STATES, by Constance 
D’Arcy Mackay, an account of the Little Theatre in the United States, 
with a sketch of its ancestry. Henry Holt and Company. 

SIX FAIRY PLAYS FOR CHILDREN, by Netta Syrett. These 
plays are simple in form and for amateurs. They are written for lovers 
of fairy tales. They certainly will appeal to school girls. Published 
by John Lane & Company. 

SIX ONE-ACT PLAYS, by Margaret Scott Oliver. Published by 
Richard G. Badger. 

PLAYS FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN. These plays are -suited for 
schoolroom purposes. They represent the stories of books that are 
read in school and certain periods of history. Published by The 
Century Company, New York City. 

THE LIGHT, by Catherine T. Bryce. This is a pageant for young 
people. Published by The Atlantic Monthly Press. 

DAWN AND OTHER ONE-ACT PLAYS OF LIFE TODAY, by 
Percival Wilde. Contain from three to five characters. Scenery 
modern. Costumes modern. Published by Henry Holt and Company. 

HALF HOURS, by J. M. Barrie. Published by Charles Scribner’s 
Sons. 

DRAMA LEAGUE OF AMERICA. These plays are for children. 
Costumes and scenery modern. Henry Holt & Company. 


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Publishers of Plays Listed in This Bulletin 

American Book Company, 100 Washington Square, New York City. 
Walter H. Baker and Company, 5 Hamilton Place, Boston. 
Brentano’s, 5th Avenue and 27th St., New York City. 

The Century Company, New York City. 

T. S. Denison & Co., 154 W. Randolph St., Chicago. 

Doubleday, Page & Co., Garden City, N. Y. 

Dramatic Publishing Co., 542 S. Dearborn St., Chicago. 

Duffield & Co., 211 East 19th St., New York City. 

Eldridge Entertainment House, Franklin, Ohio. 

Samuel French, 283 West 38th St., New York City. 

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square, New York City. 
Henry Holt and Co., 19 West 44th St., New York City. 

Houghton, Mifflin Co., New York City. 

John Lane Co., New York City. 

Little, Brown & Co., 34 Beacon St., Boston. 

Longsman, Green & Co., New York City. 

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., Boston, Mass. 

The Macmillan Co., New York City. 

March Brothers, 208 Wright Avenue, Lebanon, Ohio. 

G. P. Putnam’s Sons, New York City. 

Rancl, McNally & Co., New York City. 

Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York City. 

University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. 

Edgar S. Werner & Co., 43 E. 19th St., New l"ork City. 

James T. White, 70 Fifth Avenue, New. York City. 

John Veiby, South Bend, Indiana. 

M. Whitmark & Sons, New York City. 

Richard D. Badger, Publishers, Boston. 

E. P. Dutton & Company, 631 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 

B. W. Huebsch, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 

Duckworth & Son, Henrietta St., Covent Garden, London. 

Drama Book Shop, 29 West 47th Street, New York City. 

G. E. Stechert & Company, New York City, will assemble plays. 

Costume Houses 

Buten and Company, 262 Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. 

Surrage R. Cameron, Costume Company, Chicago, Illinois. 

Dramatic Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois. 

Joseph C. Fisher, 255 South Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 
Lieber Costume Company, Omaha, Nebraska. 

Francis X. Miehl and Company, 2637 N. Franklin Street, Philadelphia. 
Fritz Schultz, 19 W. Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois. 

Waas & Son, 226 N. Eighth Street, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania. 


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Department of University Extension 
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Frank L. McVey, Ph. D., LiL. D., President. 

Wellington Patrick, A. M., Director. 

University Extension Committee 

W. D. Funkhouser, A. M., Ph. D., Head, Department of Zoology, 
Chairman. 

J. T. C. Noe, A. iM., Lift. D., Head, Department of Education. 
McHenry Rhoads, Ph. M., Professor of Secondary Education. 

L. L. Dantzler, A. M., Head, Department of English. 

Enoch Grehan, A. B., Head, Department of Journalism. 

The Department of University Extension operates through four 
bureaus as follows: 

1. Bureau of Correspondence Study. 

2. Bureau of Lectures. 

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